Knot-tying attachment for pencils



= Nov. 4 p 1924- F. S. PECK KNOT TYING ATTACHMENT FOR PENCILS Filed Oct.26 1923 Patented Nov. 4, 1924.

UNlTEB STATES FERDINAND S. PECK, 0? LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

KNOT-TYING ATTACII'YTENT FOR PENCILS.

Application filed October 26, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND S. 1 1301;, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and Stateof California. have invented new and useful Improvements in Knot-TyingAttachments for Pencils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for facilitating the tying of a knot orstring around a bundle or parcel.

An object of the invention is to provide an extremely simple device thatmay be attached to a common lead pencil or other convenient body to forma handle and support for the device.

Another object is to provide a pencil attachment including a knot tyingmeans and also to provide a cutting means to sever the cord after theknot has been tied.

Other objects and advantages will. be made manifest in the followingspecification of an embodiment of the invention illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, wherein: 7

Figure 1 is a perspective showing the device in the first step ofoperation.

Figure 2 is a perspective showing second step of operation;

Figure 3 is a perspective showing third step of operation.

Figure 4; is a perspective showing fourth step of operation.

Figure 5 is a perspective showing fifth step of operation.

Figure 6 is a plan of the detached device.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of the device.

Figure 8 is a cross section on line 88.

Figure 9 is a perspective of the completed knot.

The device consists of a split resilient clamp body 2 of a size to clipa supporting object such as a lead pencil L. One end of the clamp bodyis provided with a spring finger 3 operative in the usual pencil clipmanner to the cloth of a vest or coat pocket.

From the opposite end of the clamp body 2 there extends a shank l ofsuitable dimensions and this is longitudinally slotted at 5; the metalpunched out in the formation of the slot being bent upwardly at 5 andthen forwardly at 6 and returning on itself at 7 thus forming a hookspace 8. The remote end of the shank 4 is bent upwardly at 10 and curvedforwardly at 11 and then inwardly, obliquely at 12; the oblique end 12the the

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rests yieldingly on the outer end of the tail 7 which end closes up tothe part 10. T hereis thus formed a normally closed eye 13 between thetail 7 and the part 1112.

It might be stated at this point that the parts 7-12 are yieldablyseparable.

A portion of the body 2 is provided with an aperture 2 and on the edgeof this aperture there is dis aosed a cutter or cutting edge 14:. V

The attachment is adapted to be clipped onto a pencil or otherconvenient object and in the operation of tying a knot in string S,comprising any suitable number of portions the instrument is drawnagainst the string as shown in Fig. 1 so that the string will pass intothe hook space 8 under the hook end 6.

The next step is to give the pencil a turn as shown by the arrow in Fig.2 to make a complete revolution which will produce a twist T and form aloop P. The portions B of the string represent that part leading fromthe parcel around which the string is wrapped and the portions Arepresent excess string from the ball or roll.

The next step is to draw the string part A under the end 12 and pull itinto the eye 13 which is done by pulling the instrument while the cordportions are tensioned with the result that the tail 7 of the obliqueend 12 relatively separate.

Next, as seen in Fig. 4, the portions A of the cord are then led alongthe cutting edge 14. so that the cord is out leaving the ends A Fig. 5.

To disengage the knot from the device the instrument is then shifted inthe direction of the arrow C Fig. 5 while the cord portions B are heldstationary. This results in the slipping of the bight P of the knot fromthe hook space 8. As this occurs the string ends A slip back through thebight as shown by arrow E and escape through and from the eye 13.

It is to be understood that the cord or string and the knot formingprocess have all been illustrated diagrammatically and on a muchenlarged scale in order to obtain clarity of description andillustration since, obviously, in the actual formation of the knot asshown in Fig. 9 the cord would be under such tension as to make acomparatively compact and tight knot.

From the above it will be seen that I have provided an attachment forpencils the elements 'of the instrument.

or other convenient objects whereby ,a clerk or other operative mayquickly and easily tie a good knot in a string Wrapped around a parcelor bundle and may sever the cord or string at the completion of thetying of the knot Without requiring the .use of a separate cuttinginstrument or Without using the hands as means for forcibly breaking thecord.

It will :be seen that the device may be madepractically entirely of apiece of sheet metal punched struck up and bent to produce the desired:form and arrangement of y This provides, therefore, for the manufactureof asubstantial and eflicient knot tying pencil attachment of low costand of convenient pocket form and of such ease of operation as not torequire any particular skill in its use.

Further embodiments, modifications and variations may be resorted toWithin the spirit of my invention.

- -What is claimed is:

1. A knot tying device comprising parts forming an open mouthed hook toreceive a string b ight and also forming an eye having a normally closedyieldable side part,

into which eye a portion of a string may be drawn during the process offorming the knot. 2. A device for tying a knot comprising a hook formingpart and an eye forming part, .one side of the eye structure beingyieldable so as to enable the entrance'oif cordinto.theeye.

3. A knot tying device including a body portion, a shank extending fromsaidbody and being slotted, the materialpushed from the shank to formthe slot being bent into the form of a hook, and an end portion of theshank being bent into the form of a loop to produce a closed eye, theeye having side parts relatively separable to permit the entrance oif acord into the eye. I

5. A device for tying a knot, comprising a body, a portion struck outfrom said body and bent to form a hook, the end of the body being bentto form a closed eye.

6. A device for tying a knot, comprising a body, a portion struck outfrom said body and bent to form a hook, the end of said body being bentto co-operate with said struck out'portio-n to form a closed eye.-

7. A device for tying a knot, comprising a body, a portion struck outfrom said body and being reversely bent upon itself to form an openmouth hook, the reversely bent portion co-operating with the end of saidbody to form a closed eye.

8. A device for tying a a body, an open mouth hook formed upon saidbody, and a normally closed eye formed upon said body, said hook andsaid eye being in alignment.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FERDINAND s. PEQK.

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